Regional Anti-Corruption Program (Asia)
News and Programs
Asia-Pacific Anti-Corruption Conference Emphasizes Multi-Dimensional Approach
From September 28–29, 2011, Mary Greer, ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) senior criminal law advisor, representing ABA ROLI’s regional anti-corruption advisor in Asia, attended the seventh conference of the Asia-Pacific anti-corruption initiative. The initiative is led by the Asian Development Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and it provides critical leadership and infrastructure to member countries to garner and target limited resources to address corruption. Read more »»
Third Annual Asia-Pacific Symposium Discusses Regional and Inter-Regional Corruption, Illicit Trade
Since 2009, several Asia-Pacific economies, along with the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members, have convened at the annual Trans-Pacific symposium on dismantling illicit transnational networks to discuss best practices to combat illicit trade and criminal activity in the Asia-Pacific region. Read more »»
International Collaboration Hallmark of Asian Anti-Corruption Efforts
In recent months, anti-corruption efforts have taken center stage in Asia, with international cooperation a continuing point of emphasis. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), whose 21 economies generate 45% of global trade, actively combats corruption through its Anti-Corruption and Transparency Task Force (ACT). Read more »»
Programs
Since September 2002, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) has implemented a regional anti-corruption program in Asia with funding from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. The program is designed to assist signatories to the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia/Pacific, which was developed by the Asian Development Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The plan focuses on taking specific priority steps to deter, prevent and combat corruption at all levels.
Our regional anti-corruption advisor, based in Bangkok, Thailand, provides technical assistance in support of anti-corruption efforts in selected countries and encourages coordination among existing anti-corruption activities.Regional Anti-Corruption Advisor
Queen Sirikit National Convention Center
2nd Floor, Zone D, Room 201/2
60 New Ratchadapisek Road, Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
For more information, contact rol@americanbar.org
Background
With funding from the U.S. Department of State through the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, in August 2002 the Asia Division initiated a program to assist and support signatories to the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia/Pacific developed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The Anti-Corruption Action Plan aims at taking concrete and meaningful priority steps to deter, prevent and combat corruption at all levels, without prejudice to existing international commitments and in accordance with each signatory own jurisdictional and other basic legal principles.
The Asia Division has placed a long-term regional anti-corruption advisor (RACA) in Bangkok, Thailand to implement this program, which focuses on providing technical assistance in support of anti-corruption implementation efforts in selected countries and building links among existing anti-corruption activities.
Meet Our Staff
Chitvimol “Pae” Krishnamara joined the ABA Rule of Law Initiative’s Asia Division in November 2002 as a Program Assistant for the Regional Anti-Corruption Program based in Bangkok, providing logistical and administrative support not only for the RACA but frequently for international panelists and participants attending conferences held in Thailand and elsewhere in Asia. These events have included a seminar held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in May 2005 and a regional conference on “The Role of Lawyers, The Bar, and The Bench in Preventing and Combating Corruption within the Justice System”, which saw lawyers and jurists from Asia, Europe and the United States gather in Bangkok in February 2007. Read more »»
